The Climax(1944)
movie - first aired/released 1944-10-20 - 86 min - audience 5.5
Music, Horror, Thriller
Directed by George Waggner
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
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Cast
Boris KarloffDr. Friedrich Hohner
Susanna FosterAngela Klatt
Turhan BeyFranz Munzer
Gale SondergaardLuise
Thomas GomezCount Seebruck
June VincentMarcellina
George DolenzAmato Roselli- Ludwig StösselCarl Baumann
Jane FarrarJarmila Vadek
Ernö VerebesBrunn
Lotte SteinMama Hinzl
Scotty BeckettThe King
William EdmundsLeon, Theatre Concierge- Maxwell HayesCount Romburg
- Dorothy LawrenceMiss Metzger
- Bella LewitzkyDancer (Uncredited)
Jack RichardsonMusical Conductor (Uncredited)- Polly BaileyCleaning Woman (Uncredited)
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Stuart HolmesKing's Consul (Uncredited)
Eddie PoloStagehand (Uncredited)- Paul PowerReporter (Uncredited)
Ernie AdamsMan in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Gertrude AstorWoman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Grace CunardBackstage Maid (Uncredited)
William DesmondBackstage Technician (Uncredited)
Francis FordBackstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Louis PayneAudience Member (Uncredited)
Anne CornwallAudience Member (Uncredited)
Rudy BowmanAudience Member (Uncredited)
William H. O'BrienAudience Member (Uncredited)
Helen GibsonAudience Member (Uncredited)
Maurice CostelloAudience Member (Uncredited)- Harry MayoAudience Member (Uncredited)
Richard NeillAudience Member (Uncredited)
Eric MayneAudience Member (Uncredited)- Barry ReganAudience Member (Uncredited)
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